LEPIDOPTERA

• N Y M P H A L I D A E Swainson, 1827

  • MELITAEA Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Melitaea (phoebe) pseudosibina Alberti, 1969

Melitaea (phoebe) pseudosibina Alberti, 1969

• TYPE LOCALITY. «Itkol im Elbrus-Gebiet, 2100 m» [Itkol, Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus Major].

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Caucasus and Transcaucasia.

• TAXONOMIC NOTES. In Armenia, flying together with phoebe. To determine its status within the sibma-sarvistana-tangigharuensis group, more information is required.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Met with in July to August along rivers and streams at about 2,000-3,000 m a.s.l.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Melitaea phoebe, M. punica: yellowish submarginal lunules of UPF in cell 3 not produced basally.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 2. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 2000